Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-13
MINES AND MINING.

HINES AND
i. Compleeton Of the Track Past the Chan
bsrs syundioats-Bright Prospects Il
Boulder-Mooss Crock PIacers-A Mis-
! soula shipment to Butts-Gensral News
On Thursday evening the erection of or
: chutes At the Modoc. High Ore, Greer
, Mountain, Buffalo, Wsks-up Jim and an
other Chambers Syndicate mine will b.
begun. Many carpenters will be put t.
work at once, 80 az to complete them al
soon as possible. The Montana Unior
track has been completed beyond these
mines and al BE- used to transport the orr
a. soon ~ the chutes are finished. The
ore will be all shipped to the Anaconda
smelter, and the amount of work at these
mines will probably be increased, thereby
giving additional employment to miners
and others.
LEFT FOR GOLD HILL, r e
Nelson Herbert and Louis La Coy, old
prospectors, leave to-day for Gold Hill,
Oregon, with . party intending to prospect
there this summer. Very good reports OF
the place have reached them from friends
there. That camp is a great placer
mining resort, but the gold lies in pockets,
in which many valuable finds have been
made. Mr.. La Coy will communicate with
friends here as to- the success the party
meets with. and the prospects Of the field.
THE MOOSE CREEK PLAcERs.
William Gleason 4 Co. are pushing work
on their placer claim on Moose Creek, this
county. Last Tuesday they got $50 from
one pan Of dirt which stimulated them and
raised their expectations to a high pitch.
Only three men can be accommodated on
the claim Just row. They are working ON
bed rock and shoveling up into the boxes
. distance Of sixteen feet. A very rich
piece Of ground was discovered by Joe
Granon on Hoop Gulch, a tributary to
Moose, the dirt going from seven to ten
cents to the pan, but it had been located
before he made the discovery by men who
ordered him of the ground as soon as he
commenced operations. he was reluctant
about complying but discreetly concluded
1T was best to take the warning. A good
many experienced miners are prospecting
in that neighborhood.
BOULDER DISTRICT.
From William Rowell, who returned on
Saturday from Boulder district, it is learn
ed that q very fiattering condition. of min.
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roads have pushed their construction
forces into the region and the immediate
presence OF the roads is assured. He re-
ports the following concerning several
properties there:
THE MARY.
A depth Of 40 feet has been attained at
the Mary and sinking is still continued.
The ledge is supposed to be between IS and
40 feet wide. Cross-cutting will not COM.
mence until 100 feet has been reached. Mr..
Rowell says the hopes of the Boulder dis
trict are to a large degree placed
on the outcome of this mine
which is owned and operated
tive Of the Butte Reduction Works was
there recently with the intention of invest.
ing in property in the camp.
The tunnel of the Arctic is in 800 feet
along the ledge, and the prospects so far
are eminently satisfactory to the owners.
Returns o many assays made from
this mine show q high percentage of silver
and . trace of gold, together with some
lead and copper.
THE MONTE CRIsTO.
This mine is down a depth of about a
hundred feet, and a large body Of ore is in
sight. It was located on the first day of
the present year, and work has progressed
OF it since then by it's present owners.
TIE CHEF.
At this mine, situated on the cataract
in the same district, Mr.. Rowell says an
open cut is being run along the ledge. An
approach is being excavated for a tunnel
that will be some time in completion, when
the work of tunnelling will be begun.
MIR. Rowell says that the advent
Of the railroads at Boulder will
develop the district immensely and that it |
is bound to prove one of the most pros
porous mining camps in the Territory as
soon as ready access can be had from there
to the reduction works of Wickes or Butte.
AMlssoULA PROPERTY.
Mr.. Frank H. Woody, of MissouIa, was
in Butte a few days recently, returning !
home yesterday evening. The object of his
visit was to have milled q car load of ore,
which he left with the Butte Sampling
Works. The ore is from a property ninety
five miles west of Missoula, five miles from
Falls and our miles from the
line of the Northern Pacific. 1t is a silver
copper bearing and regarded as quite a
valuable showing from that region of
country. The location is an old one, but
owing to mismanaeement, litigation, etc.,
has never, until recently, been properly de-
veloped. Now the property is being sys-
worked by a stock company,
and the continuous extraction of ore is
assured. Butte being the most available
point, the product of the mine will be
brought here for treatment.
Speaking of other mineral regions. Mr..
Woody said the mines OF Lolo and st.
Regis Borgia countries were receiving more
attention than at any previous time; that
promising prospects had been discovered
and are being developed, and that the out
look for the places mentioned is very ia
vorable.
The Anaconda ore bins were full most Of
last week. The car men were sent home,
while the miners have been busily engaged
in sending down timbers. The men at
on the large ore dump have been kept
at work part of the time.
Sinking still continues at the Never
Sweat, but the old workings Of the Ana
conda, which are the object of search, have
not yet been encountered.
Work continues at the Hope, and the
dizzy is returned in a quiet way, re-
OF the trouble among its owners.
The boys of the Harris tunnel hoped to
keep their strike quiet. but it leaked out
mysteriously. In correction of a misst ate
yesterday it should be stated that
the tunnel was in 1000 feet, when hope
was about abandoned. and that the fortu-
nate upraise was made about 500 feet from
the face at a venture, and proved the
lucky hit. sz.t
Polglaz 70 t. Co. have leased the fraction
south of the Acquisition, on which they
have found a large body Of 1O5-ounce ore.
They are, an energetic crowd Of miners,
and their many friends hope for the coutln-
uance of the chute of ore. "a |
The excavations for the new engine at
the Moultort have been finished. Griffin Il
Wedge, of Cleveland, Ohio, are the manu-
facturers OF the engine, which is expected
arrive in September. Preparations are
being made for an air compressor to run q
drill at the 700 loot level. No coal is used
the Moulton. The supply OF wood is
from Browns Gulch, where the
own q fume.
The Excelsior. north of the Moulton,